How old where you when you started carrying a pocket knife?

[BANG]

I remember a teacher commenting on it in grade 3 and my reply was its for peeling my apple but do not recall it being taken away at all.
So grade three but possibly sooner for me.
I am assuming that would not fly in this pussafied day and age.

[ETOWNCANUCK]

Age 12
Boy Scouts
But then what pre teen boy didn't have a Swiss Army knife?

[bison]

at 8 or nine.
At that age I routinely carried a 7" dagger as well.( i still have that blade)
I never had someone tell me i could not carry them.
But this was in the fifties when there where hardly any wussies yet

[Lefty]

Can't remember not having one so I'm guessing 4 or 5 years old. By the time jr high came around everyone except a couple town kids had a pocket knife all the time. I think I was about 5 or 6 when I got my first hatchet. It was a magic one. Had it for about 3 weeks and it magically disappeared until I was about 9. I don't know what it was with the hatchet but it had a mind of it's own and it just seemed to put marks in stuff that Dad didn't like, that I thought Dad would of been fine with.

[CaberTosser]

It was about age 8 or 9 that I started carrying a small knife, 1978-9 ish. I remember having one of those small Olfa Touch Knifes in my pocket through most of junior high.

[Talking moose]

I'm in my mid fortys, and had a jackknife all through school. Brought my .22 on the bus because I was staying the weekend at a buddy's. Nobody batted an eye. Gotta love small northern community's....

[DiabeticKripple]

Carried a 3" folding knife all through high school. Never flashed it around or showed many people so no one said anything

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by Talking moose

I'm in my mid fortys, and had a jackknife all through school. Brought my .22 on the bus because I was staying the weekend at a buddy's. Nobody batted an eye. Gotta love small northern community's....

Yeppers. Nowadays there would be a tactical team on ya!

Always had a knife, maybe six or so years of age, small folder.

[last minute]

age 13

[Hydro1]

When i was right around 7.
Had many taken from teachers ect.
Now i just carry a leatherman.... Everywhere.

[Bushrat]

Don't remember not having a jackknife, we didn't have kindergarten like the town kids had so we got a couple years of building forts, fishing the creeks, climbing trees doing all the things little kids should while the poor townie kids went to kindergarten. I don't remember not having a pocket knife or remember any of my buddies not having one, even the town kids had pocket knives, it was simply a necessity growing up in the country in the 60's. How else would you whittle a slingshot, make whistles, clean your fish or trim your fingernails, etc.

Every time I see a kid strapped in a child safety seat I feel so sorry for them, They are missing out on the freedom of being a little kid riding in the back of a truck with the wind in their hair, or tearing down the hill on an old bike with no brakes and not caring if you could stop at the bottom without ending up in the creek all bruised and scratched. We never dreamed of wearing a helmet.... wtf ..is up with that. All these kids are going to grow up without broken arms or legs, poison ivy, bee stings, infected wounds, there's no more sneaking out behind the barn smoking, settin things on fire, getting the girl down the road to take her clothes off and jump in the creek or play doctor with her, there was always a girl like that in every neighbor hood, then her friend would find out and tell her mom.... then there would be a lickin you remember for the rest of your life. All of this is begotten with the right of passage that comes when you get your first pocket knife. Todays kids have no idea what they are missing.

[recce43]

My don bought one today at the arms show he is 8

[Donkey Oatey]

I had one given to me by my Dad at about 10yrs of age. Carried it everywhere and as a youngster I collected little pocket knives. My folks would stop at little truck stops all over and bring me home a pocket knife for the collection and a spoon for my sister.

I have kept that tradition alive and for my daughter's 10th b-day I bought her a kershaw, little stinker has a better pocket knife than I do. My youngest daughter is 9 and on her 10th I will give her a quality pocket knife.

My girls hunt, fish and shoot. They may wear pink and all that but love being outside. Love being able to spend that time with them.

[anthony5]

Was 5, always had to have one handy in case your slingshot broke and needed to build a new one. Knife in front pocket and slingshot in back pocket, miss the good ol days.

[Tactical Lever]

About 4 1/2, or 5. And since I was probably about 6 one went everywhere with me. And went "open carry" most places probably when I was about 8?

I feel naked without one. Not good naked!

[Talking moose]

Originally Posted by Bushrat

Don't remember not having a jackknife, we didn't have kindergarten like the town kids had so we got a couple years of building forts, fishing the creeks, climbing trees doing all the things little kids should while the poor townie kids went to kindergarten. I don't remember not having a pocket knife or remember any of my buddies not having one, even the town kids had pocket knives, it was simply a necessity growing up in the country in the 60's. How else would you whittle a slingshot, make whistles, clean your fish or trim your fingernails, etc.

Every time I see a kid strapped in a child safety seat I feel so sorry for them, They are missing out on the freedom of being a little kid riding in the back of a truck with the wind in their hair, or tearing down the hill on an old bike with no brakes and not caring if you could stop at the bottom without ending up in the creek all bruised and scratched. We never dreamed of wearing a helmet.... wtf ..is up with that. All these kids are going to grow up without broken arms or legs, poison ivy, bee stings, infected wounds, there's no more sneaking out behind the barn smoking, settin things on fire, getting the girl down the road to take her clothes off and jump in the creek or play doctor with her, there was always a girl like that in every neighbor hood, then her friend would find out and tell her mom.... then there would be a lickin you remember for the rest of your life. All of this is begotten with the right of passage that comes when you get your first pocket knife. Todays kids have no idea what they are missing.

Lol. Good times.

[cpppark]

Originally Posted by Bushrat

Don't remember not having a jackknife, we didn't have kindergarten like the town kids had so we got a couple years of building forts, fishing the creeks, climbing trees doing all the things little kids should while the poor townie kids went to kindergarten. I don't remember not having a pocket knife or remember any of my buddies not having one, even the town kids had pocket knives, it was simply a necessity growing up in the country in the 60's. How else would you whittle a slingshot, make whistles, clean your fish or trim your fingernails, etc.

Every time I see a kid strapped in a child safety seat I feel so sorry for them, They are missing out on the freedom of being a little kid riding in the back of a truck with the wind in their hair, or tearing down the hill on an old bike with no brakes and not caring if you could stop at the bottom without ending up in the creek all bruised and scratched. We never dreamed of wearing a helmet.... wtf ..is up with that. All these kids are going to grow up without broken arms or legs, poison ivy, bee stings, infected wounds, there's no more sneaking out behind the barn smoking, settin things on fire, getting the girl down the road to take her clothes off and jump in the creek or play doctor with her, there was always a girl like that in every neighbor hood, then her friend would find out and tell her mom.... then there would be a lickin you remember for the rest of your life. All of this is begotten with the right of passage that comes when you get your first pocket knife. Todays kids have no idea what they are missing.

Thats my childhood right there. Hop on bikes in the a.m. with some grub, matches and some smokes and be gone all day. Building forts, playing cowboys and Indians with pellet guns, smoking, lighting fires and roasting garlic sausage. Down to the creek and build rafts, learning to swim when you fell off. We all carried knives and usually BB and pellet guns. When we ran out of ammo we chucked rocks, we had pretty good arms and unlimited energy. My grandkids now are pussified nintendo playing sucks. I wont tolerate it when they come to visit, its outside and we invent our own fun till the sun goes down....hopefully they learn something.

[avb3]

Originally Posted by cpppark

Thats my childhood right there. Hop on bikes in the a.m. with some grub, matches and some smokes and be gone all day. Building forts, playing cowboys and Indians with pellet guns, smoking, lighting fires and roasting garlic sausage. Down to the creek and build rafts, learning to swim when you fell off. We all carried knives and usually BB and pellet guns. When we ran out of ammo we chucked rocks, we had pretty good arms and unlimited energy. My grandkids now are pussified nintendo playing sucks. I wont tolerate it when they come to visit, its outside and we invent our own fun till the sun goes down....hopefully they learn something.

Well I must of raised my city slicker kids right. Mind you, we spent every weekend out at my bush quarter while they grew up.

Talked to my daughter today. They just moved out on an acreage, one neighbor next door, the next one two miles away.

She was telling me how she told her kids last night that it was movie night and all 3 of them, the 10 year old, 4 old and 2 year old complained because they wanted to go play outside.

She then told me that my 10 year old grandson and the next door neighbors kid who is the same age decided that they're going to take the bikes and my daughters black lab and the neighbors golden retriever for a bike ride down to a wilderness area nearby.

I told her that is exactly what boys should be doing... Being out with their dogs in the country.

Yep, those city slicker kids off mine learned well. It's the way it should be.

[mcgimp]

I can't remember not having one either, so at least 60 years. I can't imagine not having it as I use it at least daily, even to remove my staples from target boards. Had to give it up once to tour House of Commons but got it back at exit. Had to miss tour of Hoover Dam as they wouldn't have given it back. Somebody mentioned splits earlier and that brings back memories, we played it in our town but didn't know if it was widespread, no pun intended.

[roper1]

Originally Posted by Bushrat

Don't remember not having a jackknife, we didn't have kindergarten like the town kids had so we got a couple years of building forts, fishing the creeks, climbing trees doing all the things little kids should while the poor townie kids went to kindergarten. I don't remember not having a pocket knife or remember any of my buddies not having one, even the town kids had pocket knives, it was simply a necessity growing up in the country in the 60's. How else would you whittle a slingshot, make whistles, clean your fish or trim your fingernails, etc.

Every time I see a kid strapped in a child safety seat I feel so sorry for them, They are missing out on the freedom of being a little kid riding in the back of a truck with the wind in their hair, or tearing down the hill on an old bike with no brakes and not caring if you could stop at the bottom without ending up in the creek all bruised and scratched. We never dreamed of wearing a helmet.... wtf ..is up with that. All these kids are going to grow up without broken arms or legs, poison ivy, bee stings, infected wounds, there's no more sneaking out behind the barn smoking, settin things on fire, getting the girl down the road to take her clothes off and jump in the creek or play doctor with her, there was always a girl like that in every neighbor hood, then her friend would find out and tell her mom.... then there would be a lickin you remember for the rest of your life. All of this is begotten with the right of passage that comes when you get your first pocket knife. Todays kids have no idea what they are missing.

Yessir, very similar but both my parents smoked & I just couldn't smoke, not at any age. All the rest of it almost to a tee. Funny how this day & age lots of people think you're shatting 'em when you say kindergarten was for town kids, not country kids. Dad pulled me out of school grade 10 or 11 to go elk hunting one fall, Principal was gonna suspend me. Dad wasn't much for school stuff, Mom's dep't, but he came to see the principal about me going hunting. Principal (lucky guy) was away but the vice-principal assured Dad I would learn more in the hills than I would in school for a couple days. Just the way Dad thought about knives & hunting........

[radio_silence]

I was 6. The single blade folder spring was too strong for me; I had to use my teeth to pry it open! And yes, I cut my lip at least once.

My current everyday carry is a $5 one handed clip knife that uses utility blades. Its incredibly handy to have.

[CanuckAngler11]

I think I was about 8 or 9 I found my dads old buck knife in its case. It was in my dads old room at my grandparents house. It had the tip busted off and was dull as could be but I was so proud of it and I still have it somewhere.